EDIT: Sofa Porn

Today I got a new sofa…the maiden “new sofa”of my life!

“Lounging” features strongly in our home. I’m not embarrassed to tell you that its easy to find T and I, flat on our backs, on parallel sofas at all hours of the weekend or scattered around work. If we’ve been mucking around in the garden, or even returning home from jobs in town, its become a bit of a shared tradition that we will “take 5” with a quick lie down in the living room with phone/book/tv remote in hand. We actually mostly eat our meals from our sofa seats too (shock horror)! Friday nights in, the sofas plays grandstand to massive YouTube music battles or provide me a delicious lunchtime spot in the sun for a magazine read or instagram scroll.

Next to our bed, the sofas are easily THE most valued piece of furniture in the house.
I know I know – this screams the life of a childless, pretty stress free adult couple, but hey! lap it up while you can right?!

So our new, welcoming living room mate is called ‘Aria’, a member of the super cool sofa family on offer from Nood. This Christchurch based store provides terrific, casual furniture with a welcome masculine vibe. After a meeting of minds (not just our awesome location!) and some fun joint projects on the boil, I am thrilled to say that Nood and Studio Home are now partners in life and home. More on this later!

I found Aria while trawling around online (from my phone on sofa of course), feeling a tad disheartened that I couldn’t find many styles (within the realms of a 30 somethings budget) that didn’t involve 4 cushions and 2 square arms. Don’t get me wrong, that is of course a clean, functional classic – it’s just that I was ready to dip a toe outside the box. Our living/dining/kitchen area is very much a work in progress, which means I am trying to both crystal ball gaze the end result AND marry our existing furniture with a potential new comer.
Aria immediately jumped out as a modern but soft option in a tough textured fabric, with rounded corners, no loose cushions, and once tried, completely accommodating to T and I in our lounging mode. It is true LOVE!

However, the hunt did throw up some pretty desirable alternatives + sofa inspiration which I have pulled together to share with you below.

This EDIT isn’t quite the same as normal, with some sofa’s available direct from brands and some that are already owned by others
but ALL might give you some inspiration for colour, form and concept.
Lets get a little braver with our choices.

Enjoy x

Urban Outfitters

If you NZ’s/Aus’s haven’t already explored the ‘Apartment’ section of the UO website … you need to. Great shipping rates for smaller stuff, although sofa’s are likely a different story. Enjoy these roundy designs for a bit of fresh inspiration!

{as seen at} For Good Luck Store

This won’t be the first time I share the world of this Swedish store….I am THAT close to dying my hair blonde and begging to be a soul sister obsessed with blue!
In the meantime, sumptuous, deep, velvety, indigo goodness is hard to beat..

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Fueled by a solid art addiction, an inkling to make spaces my own and a passion for supporting small business - I'm taking my 9.5 years as a design blogger in a new direction which I hope will ring some bells for you.
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